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importation of animal and poultry products and byproducts, including fresh (frozen or chilled) pork and pork products, into the United States. For fresh pork and pork products, these include certification of the pork or pork products by foreign national governments; application of seals; if a seal is broken, information on where and why; requests for approval of defrost facilities and for hearings regarding denial or termination of approval; applications for importing small amounts of pork or pork products for analysis, testing, or examination; cooperative service (trust fund) agreements; notifications to Federal inspectors of the arrival in the United States of pork or pork products from foreign regions; and recordkeeping.

These activities are currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control number 0579–0015, which also covers
information collection activities for a variety of other animal and poultry products imported into the United States. We are proposing to separate the commodities previously approved
under OMB control number 0579–0015
into individual collections to better reflect the commodities’ specific
collection activities and account for the
information APHIS collects. Once approved by OMB, only information
collection activities associated with the importation of nonfood animal and poultry products and byproducts will be
under OMB control number 0579–0015.
Information collection activities for fresh pork or pork products and other
commodities now covered under OMB
control number 0579–0015 will receive new numbers when approved.

We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve our use of the information
collection activities related to importation of fresh (frozen or chilled) pork or pork products for 3 years.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public (as well as affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments will help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 84.96126418 hours per response.

Respondents: Foreign national governments; shippers’ crews; inspectors; defrost facility operators; processing facility operators; laboratories, museums, and States; and meat processing facility operators.

Estimated annual number of respondents: 93.

Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 66.344086.

Estimated annual number of

responses: 6,170.

Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 524,211 hours. (Due to averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per response.)

All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of February 2012.
Kevin Shea, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 2012–4560 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–34–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Animal and Plant Health Inspection**
**Service**

**[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0125]**

**Notice of Revision and Request for Extension of Approval of an**  **Information Collection; Importation of Nonfood Animal and Poultry Products**  **and Byproducts Into the United States**

**AGENCY :**  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Extension of approval of an information collection; comment request.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s intention to
revise an information collection associated with regulations for restricted and controlled importation of nonfood animal and poultry products and byproducts into the United States and to request extension of approval of the
information collection. **DATES :**  We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April 27,

2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments by either of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0125-

0001

.

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS–2011–0125, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.

Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at http:// www.regulations.gov/ #!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2011–0125 or in our reading room, which is located in
Room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 690–2817 before coming.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For information on restricted and controlled importation of nonfood animal and poultry products and byproducts into the United States, contact Dr. Tracye Butler, Assistant Director, Technical Trade Services Team—Products, NCIE, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–7376. For copies of more detailed information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Title: Restricted and Controlled Importation of Nonfood Animal and Poultry Products and Byproducts Into
the United States.

OMB Number: 0579–0015. Type of Request: Revision and extension of approval of an information
collection.

Abstract: Under the authority of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C.

8301 et seq. ), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulates the importation of certain animal and poultry products and byproducts to prevent the introduction of pests and diseases of livestock and poultry into the United States. These regulations are found at 9 CFR parts 94, 95, 96, and 122.

The regulations require a number of
information collection activities to prevent the introduction of livestock and poultry diseases and pests via the importation of animal and poultry


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products and byproducts into the
United States. These include applications, agreements, certificates, certifications by foreign national governments, compliance agreements, permissions to import, placards on vehicles, statements on manifests, bills of lading, or waybills, and reports.

These activities are currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control number 0579–0015 and apply to a variety of animal and poultry products and byproducts imported into the United States, including, but not limited to, nonfood animal and poultry products and byproducts. We are proposing to separate the commodities approved under OMB control number
0579–0015 into individual collections to better reflect the commodities’ specific
collection activities and account for the
information APHIS collects. Once approved by OMB, only information
collection activities associated with the importation of nonfood animal and poultry products and byproducts will be under OMB control number 0579–0015,
and the title of this information
collection will name these commodities. We are publishing separate Federal Register notices for the other collections, which will receive new OMB control numbers when approved.

We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve our use of the information
collection activities for nonfood animal and poultry products and byproducts for an additional 3 years.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public (as well as affected agencies) concerning our
information collection under OMB
control number 0579–0015. These comments will help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.73241 hours per response. Respondents: Foreign national governments, foreign port personnel, foreign exporters, nonprofit and profit U.S. importers, museums, educational institutions, transportation operators, and carrier personnel.

Estimated annual number of respondents: 3,334.

Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.342831434.

Estimated annual number of

responses: 4,477.

Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 3,279 hours. (Due to averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per response.)

All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.

Done in Washington, DC this 21st day of February 2012.
Kevin Shea, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 2012–4562 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–34–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Federal Crop Insurance Corporation**

**[Docket No. FCIC–12–0003]**

**Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection** 

**AGENCY :**  Risk Management Agency,

USDA.

**ACTION :**  Extension of approval of an information collection; comment request.

Note: With this renewal submission of 0563–0067—Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education; Requests for Applications, we are merging the burden of 0563–0066—Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program and changing the title to—Risk Management Education and Outreach Partnerships Program.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C Chapter 35) this notice announces the Risk Management Agency’s intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved
information collection for Risk Management and Crop Insurance Education; Request for Applications.

**DATES :**  Comments on this notice will be accepted until close of business April
27, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  FCIC prefers that comments be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. FCIC–12–0003, by any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

• By Mail to: Lana Cusick, Risk Management Education Division, USDA/RMA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop 0808, Washington, DC 20250–0808, telephone (202) 720–

3325.

All comments received, including those received by mail, will be posted without change to http:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, and can be accessed by the public. All comments must include the agency name and docket number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) for this rule. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information,

see http://www.regulations.gov. If you are submitting comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal and want to attach a document, we ask that it be in a text-based format. If you
want to attach a document that is a scanned Adobe PDF file, it must be scanned as text and not as an image, thus allowing FCIC to search and copy certain portions of your submission. For questions regarding attaching a
document that is a scanned Adobe PDF file, please contact the RMA Web Content Team at (816) 823–4694 or by
email at rmaweb.content@rma.usda.gov.

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments received for any dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the complete User Notice and Privacy Notice for Regulations.gov at http:// www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice

. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Title: Risk Management Education and Outreach Partnerships Program.

OMB Number: 0563–0067. Type of Request: Extension, merge, and revision of a currently approved
information collection.

Abstract: The Federal Crop Insurance Act directs the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, operating through RMA, to (a) establish crop insurance education and information programs in States that have been historically underserved by the Federal crop insurance program [7 U.S.C. 1524(a)(2)]; and (b) provide agricultural producers with training opportunities in risk management, with a priority given to producers of specialty crops and underserved commodities [7